Rage against the Raj: Revisiting Jihad in British India
20th March 2020 Last Updated on 12th November 2021 Ahmadiyya ARC That it moves on is seen to be both the worst and the best quality of time; the best […]
The Balfour Declaration: Britain’s fatal mistake in Palestine
The Big Story | Palestine State Eugene Rogan1 November 2021 Against the rival and incompatible nationalisms its mandate unleashed, Britain was left with no choice but to withdraw from the territory it […]
The ignored exoduses of Kashmiri Muslims—Part I: Slavery and subjugation
HISTORY Khawar Khan Achakzai is a published author, a medical Doctor by profession, and a student of history. Article deleted due to copy right issues. Please go to source for an […]
The process of decline and Muslim reformers
Tahir KamranPolitical EconomyJ uly 25, 2021 Sir Syed was allergic to Muslims venturing into politics. He wanted them to be on the right side of the British rulers Astudy of […]
The abdication of Edward VIII: An Islamic take on the crisis that shook the Crown – Part I
4th December 20200 Share Asif M Basit, London The Crown – one of the most popular series on Netflix – has now released its fourth season and is receiving great […]
Why I, a young black man from Nigeria, have decided to accept the MBE invitation
Ade Adeyemi Back in 2005, foreigners like me, pledging their allegiance to Queen Elizabeth in the London borough of Redbridge, were rewarded with a fine bone china mug, as well […]
Historians urge Home Office to correct slavery information in citizenship test
Vincent Wood 9 hrs ago © Provided by The Independent More than 180 historians have urged the government to review its citizenship test – arguing it glosses over colonialism, overlooks the role […]
How Britain Carved Up the Middle East and Helped Create Saudi Arabia
November 2, 2016 This is an edited extract from Secret Affairs: Britain’s Collusion with Radical Islam by Mark Curtis The British strategy of colonial divide and rule, and reliance on […]
British empire : Britain’s story of empire is based on myth. We need to know the truth
Priyamvada Gopal If we were taught just how much the UK was shaped by its colonies, the shared history would unite rather than divide us Sat 6 Jul 2019 […]
Britain’s legacy is not benign – the Cambridge slavery inquiry will show we have plenty to feel guilty for
My ancestor James Ramsay wrote a book criticising the horrors of the slave trade in the 18th century. Contrary to claims by the inquiry’s critics, racism was challenged even back then Patrick Cockburn […]
Battle of Haifa appropriated to suit modern political agendas
Columns Dr. Sujata Ashwarya | Published — Friday 19 January 2018 There is a twisted irony to the renaming, in the presence of the Israeli prime minister, of the iconic […]
Victoria & Abdul: The story of the unlikely friendship between a queen and her munshi
LivingRohini Nair Jun, 04 2017 In 1887, a young Indian orderly was brought to England to serve at Queen Victoria’s court, during her Golden Jubilee Celebrations. Something about the “tall, […]
Islam and the sceptred isle: Britain courts the Muslim world as European ties fray
History repeats itself Apr 1st 2017 GOVERNING a country polarised, uncertain and isolated from Europe, its female leader seeks salvation in faraway lands. Cutting loose from Europe, she […]
Britons suffer ‘historical amnesia’ over atrocities of their former empire, says author
‘Britain came to one of the richest countries in the world in the 18th century and reduced it, after two centuries of plunder, to one of the poorest’ Matt Broomfield @hashtagbroom 458 comments Britons suffer “historical amnesia” over the atrocities and plunder committed by their empire, Indian MP and authorShashi Tharoor has […]